How did an authentic Japanese house become part of the famed San Francisco World's Fair in a time just preceding World War II?
The History Detectives attempt to reveal the origins of the house and explain how it came to be featured.
They will also discover how the house made its way to America in the first place, and how it survived during the internment and relocation of its Japanese-American owners.
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- Also in Depression and WWII: 1929-1945 Seadrome Did floating airports dot the Atlantic before modern air travel?
- Also with Gwen Wright Revolutionary War Poem How did this poem, written by an American prisoner in England in 1780 end up in Oregon 200 years later?
- Also in Depression and WWII: 1929-1945 Society Circus Program Why are some of New York's wealthiest planning a circus at the depth of the Great Depression?
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